DAVID DUVAL

Eligibility Code: 4

Birthplace: Jacksonville, Fla.

Residence: Denver, Colo.

Birthdate: November 9, 1971

Age: 33

Turned Pro: 1993

College: Georgia Tech

In college, Duval was a four-time All-American, just the third Division I player with that honor after Phil Mickelson and Gary Hallberg. In 1993 he was named the collegiate player of the Year. . . at 21 years, 9 months, he became the youngest player to win a Nike Tour event at the 1993 Nike Wichita Open. He joined the PGA Tour in 1995, setting a record for earnings by a rookie with $881,436. He finished second on tour seven times before breaking through with a win at the 1997 Michelob Championship, the first of three wins in successive starts. He won four times in 1998, and finished T2nd at the Masters after leading by three with three holes to play. He began 1999 much as he had finished '98, winning the Mercedes Championship by 9 strokes and then shooting a final round 59 to win the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic. He picked up his 10th victory in The Players Championship. . .Duval's father and uncle are both golf professionals, with his father playing on the Champions Tour With his win in The Players Championship and his fathers the same day in the Champions Tour Emerald Coast Classic, they became the first father-son combination to win on the same day. . .His first two year's earnings of $1,858,515 is the most won in a players first two years on the PGA Tour. . .Selected 1993 Collegiate Player of the Year. . .Wears sunglasses on the golf course due to eye stigma, which causes sensitivity to light. . .Member of the Walker Cup Team in 1991, the 1996, '98 and 2000 Presidents Cup Team and the 1999 and 2002 Ryder Cup Team.

2004 Notes
Made comeback after seven-month break with his first start of the season at the U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills, his first pro competition since he withdrew from a tournament in Japan in November 2003. Had not played on the PGA TOUR since he missed the cut in Las Vegas in October 2003

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